Kent Conrad: “I think that is correct, that that was part of the 1983 act, which imposed a tax on Social Security of retirees.”

Can I just respond quickly, Mr. Chairman, and say when Simpson-Bowles went down, a group of six of us in the Senate, three Democrats, three Republicans, were asked by leadership to see if we couldn't come up with a way forward to adopt the…

Organize and educate I think are the two keys to getting anything big through Congress.

We ought to reestablish this benefit for survivors and those affected by disability.

I think there is just a tremendous opportunity here, and I really applaud the two of you for doing this in a bipartisan way.